Locomotive-tender.



. PATENTTD SEPT. 4, 1906. z. M. LITTLE. LOGOMOTIVE TENDER.

APPLIOATIOE FILED 00T.2. 1905.

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' To all whom it may concern:

"time ZEBULQN M. LITTLE, Uh MGIJROE, NORTH CAROLINA.

LQEOEVKETl EE- FEN H0. 830,444. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 4, 1906. Application filed October 2, 1905. Serial No. 280,983.

shaft 14 is a wheel 16, provided with the end Be it known that I, ZEBULON M. LITTLE, a piece 17, which may be grasped by the firecitizen of the United States, residing at Monman or other a ttendant and rotated, causing roe, in the county of Union, State of North rotation of the shaft 14 and the aforesaid Carolina, have invented certain new and useelongated screws 8 and 9 through the instruful-Improvements in Locomotive-lend.ers; mentality of the said beveled gears. This and I do hereby declare the following to be at operation causes the opening and closing of full, clear, and exact description of the inventhe door 18, for the reason that the door 18 tion, such as will enable others skilled in the .as oppositely-disposed brackets 19 and 20, art to which it appertains to make and use mounted upon the screw-threaded rods 8 and the same. i 9, respectively, and each provided with a This invention relates to locomotive-tanks. screw;threaded eye 21 for engagement with ne object of the invention is to provide a the screw-threaded rods 8 and 9, so that tank embodying such characteristics thatlwhen the latter are rotated in the manner the fuel maybe fed evenly therefrom. just stated the door is raised or lowered; ac-

Another object of the invention resides in cording to the direction of rotation of the .inesh with the corresponding gears 12 and 13,

t e provision of a tank so constructed and wheels 16. arranged that the door thereof maybe readily It will be observed that the tank in the and quickly opened. present instance is double-walled on its sides With these and other objects in view the I and back. The inner wall members 21 and present invention consists in the cdmb na- 22, respectively, of the main sides converge 7 tion and arrangement of parts, as will be toward each other tothe bottom 23 of'thehereinafter more fully described, shown in tank. It will be seen that these inner cont e accompanying drawings, and particuvergent walls 21 and 22 terminate considerlarly pointed out in the appended claims, it ably SllOI'lZJOf the upper edges of the main eing understood that changes in the form, sides. The inner rear wall 24 has its upper proportion, size, and minor details may be end 25 bridging the main sides of the tank made w] thin the scope of the claims without and connected to the rear of the latter and is. departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of then directed downwardly upon an incline to the advantages of the invention. the bottom of the tank, as shown. The forln the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevaination of these inner walls result in a water. 8 5 tion of my invention; Fig. 21s a side elevareservoir 26, which extends upon the sides" tion. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. I and rear of the tank. Water may be insert Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view. 1 ed through the opening 27 in the upper hori- Rcferring now more particularly to the aczontal portion of the inner wall 24 and let out companying drawings, the reference characthrough the spigot 28, disposed in front of tens 1 2 and 3 and 4 designate the front, the tank adjacent one side thereof. rear, and sides proper of the tank, the front In order to facilitate an even discharge of having'a door-opening 5 extending from top the fuel from the tank, I provide a wormto bottom and midway ofthe sides. Disshaft 29. This worm-shaft, which is mountposed upon the outer face of the front adjai ed in suitable bearings 30, lies flat on the floor 5 cent the sides of the door-opening 5 are sepaof the car and just terminates short of the rate series of eyes 6 and 7 for working fit door-opening 5 and is protected, from the therein of the corresponding elongated screw weather by a semicylindrim l-shaped. coverthreaded rods 8 and 9. These screwthread-- ing 31. Power is transmitted to tins wormed rods 8 and 9 extend beyond the upper end shaft by the axle 32 of the car or-tank by of the front of the tank, and each has a bew means of a sprocket-chain 33, engaging the eledgear10 and 11, respectively, designed to sprocket wheel 34 at the rear end of the i worm-shaft, and a s 'irocket-whcel 35, mountrespectively, carried by a horizontal shaft 14, i ed upon the said axle-shaft. A suitable revolubly mounted in the upper ends of a l clutch mechanism 35 is provided for the purpair of hangers 15, disposed upon the top of pose of throwing the worm-shaft out of opthe tank directly over the said door-opening oration when desired, said clutch mechanism 5. Secured upon one end of the revoluble being likewise mounted upon said axle-shaft and having an operatingiever at the forward. connections between the shaft and said screwend of the our Within reach the cab of the locomotive,

That is claimed is 1. A locomotive-tank comprising a compertinent having inner and outer walls upon its sides and reel, said inner Walls being an ranged upon an inclined plane, the front of the compartment having a door-opening, a screw-threaded rod arranged upon each side of the do0r-opening, a door having (-onneos tion with the screw-threa, 'ied rods, means for rotating the so id rods and thereby raising or lowering the door, and a worm-shaft mounted in the mnnpnrtinent to permit of an even (llS('ll:-IIIO of fuel therefrom.

of the 'lireninn in 2. A locomotive-tm'ik comprising :1- -oin- I pertinent having :1 wnter-reservoir and provided in its Front with an. opening, :t serowthreaded rod arranged upon each side of the opening, a door for the opening having eoni neetion with said rods, :1v horizontal shell,

threaded rods, :1 wheel whereby the door may he opened or closed, a wormshaft mounted in the compartment and terminating short of the door-opening, and means for automatically operating said Worm-shaft.

3. A locomotive-tank, comprising a compartment, a door slidably mounted upon the compartment, means for openin and closing the door, a worm-shaft mounte in the compartment for discharging fuel therefrom, means mounted on one of the tank-axles for automatically operating said Worm shaft, and means likewise mounted on said axle for throwing the last-named means into and on of operzition.

in testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ZEBULON M. LITTLE.

Witnesses J. C. Monoim, W. H. BIVENS. 

